Name
Charles Marcus Barker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/11/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
201484
Tank Corps
"G" Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 13.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin, Hitchin British Boys' School Memorial, Hitchin
Pre War
Before joining up he was in partnership with his brother and together they ran a tailoring business called W.T. Barker. He attended Hitchin British Boys' School.
He enlisted in April 1916 in order that his brother could keep the business running. He was born in and enlisted in Hitchin. His home was at Starling's Bridge in Hitchin and he was his parents fourth son.
Wartime Service
Charles was given the Regimental Number 38195 in the Machine Gun Corps and later he transferred to the Tank Corps and was given the Number 201484.
He was killed in action in France. This was in ‘G’ Battalion of the Tank Corps 1st Brigade which was supporting the 62nd Division of III Corps.
The 62nd Division infantry and ‘G’ Battalion 1st Brigade tanks operated at Havrincourt and captured Graincourt on the 20th November. Some tanks pushed on to Bourlon Wood and the Cambrai Road but the infantry were too exhausted to follow. On the 23rd November 1917 they attacked Bourlon village but failed to capture it.
He has no known grave, but is remembered on Panel 13 of the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
